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1 Jan 2010, 9:26 am
All of it is supposed to benefit consumers over current law. [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 12:17 pm
While much of the Congressional debate over consumer financial protection has focused on banks, lawmakers have been grappling behind the scenes over whether and how to regulate payday lenders, debt collectors, check-cashing outlets, title and installment lenders and even pawnbrokers, The New York Times reports. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 8:05 am
In the seemingly waning days of the U.S. government's antitrust review of the Google-DoubleClick union, consumer groups are lodging a last-minute plea: don't forget about privacy. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 6:59 am
Additionally, treatises, journal indexes and government web sites full of reports, statistics and studies, such as the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are featured. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 11:06 am
The Treasury Department report follows a recent analysis by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency which, as we reported, found that the arbitration rule will significantly increase the cost of consumer credit. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 6:27 pm
The report also notes that, though Democrats tend to boast about standing up to big business and protecting consumers, it’s Democratic politicians who appear to benefit most from weak public contracts, as well as their natural political ties to trial lawyers. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 3:38 am
“If their practices hurt consumers, they need to rethink and change their practices in light of the actions and observations found in this report. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 3:38 am
“If their practices hurt consumers, they need to rethink and change their practices in light of the actions and observations found in this report. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 9:41 am
Consumer Product Safety Commission, the organization dedicated to ensuring consumer products are safe, recently reported that recalls of child toys are down. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 9:41 am
Consumer Product Safety Commission, the organization dedicated to ensuring consumer products are safe, recently reported that recalls of child toys are down. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 9:41 am
Consumer Product Safety Commission, the organization dedicated to ensuring consumer products are safe, recently reported that recalls of child toys are down. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 9:22 am
The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of auto origination and servicing, consumer reporting, debt collection, deposits, mortgage origination and servicing, and payday and small dollar lending, that were completed from July 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 11:40 am
To the surprise of no one who has watched how furnishers of credit–banks, finance companies, and the like–deal with consumers’ disputes, today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said many furnishers lack adequate policies for accurately reporting information to consumer reporting agencies and for responding to disputes. [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 8:23 am
Our press release from Friday: Consumer fair debt collection attorney Sergei Lemberg voiced his support for the debt collection industry reforms recommended by Consumers Union in its recent report, “Past Due: Why Debt Collection Practices and the Debt Buying Industry Need Reform Now. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 9:28 am
Unfortunately, these agencies don’t always take consumer disputes seriously and you may have to dispute multiple times to get the mistake corrected. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 12:22 pm
FTC Issues Business Guidance under Consumer Review Fairness Act On February 21, 2017, the FTC issued guidance to help businesses comply with the Consumer Review Fairness Act. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 2:58 am
As reported in the Boston Globe, The FDA is telling consumers who own the ShoulderFlex Massager not to use it. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 10:57 am
Unlike the majority of the CFPB’s regulations, which cover specific financial products or services, the Rule applies across a wide swath of traditional and online consumer financial products and services, including among other things deposit accounts, credit cards and consumer reporting products. [read post]
13 Apr 2006, 2:57 pm
According to a report released by the Federal Reserve last week, total outstanding consumer credit in February stood at $2,166,200,000,000--up $4 billion from the third quarter of 2005, the last quarter before the rush of bankruptcy filings in the fall of 2005. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 9:52 pm
” In this action, the consumer alleges that Afni falsely threatened to report a very old debt that, if reported, would not comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, another federal consumer protection statute. [read post]
